Kenny Sahr!

Hi and welcome to Kenny Sahr's website, Sahr.com! For many of you, I'm the founder of School Sucks.com. To others, I wrote the travel guide that helped you in Jordan. I'm also a music collector - from classic rock to world music, I can't be without music. I'm lucky to have lived in some amazing cities - Miami, Houston, Ramat Gan, Jerusalem and Eilat. I spent much of my 20's at beaches and participated in a few fun scenes - in the real world and online. I was 24 when I founded School Sucks and I'm 37 now.

My first online experience was in '83 with an Atari 1200 XL, a tape drive and a 300 baud modem! The modem was used to call BBS's (Bulletin Board Systems), a precursor to the Internet. There were discussion boards, games, downloads, email messages and more. I knew then that what I was seeing and doing in the BBS world was important. That BBS that I had as a kid evolved into School Sucks a decade later.

Today, its as cool as ever. I spent much of 2006 researching and planning a long trip. Every youth hostel in the world has a website. It was so much fun checking them out - seeing photos and sometimes videoclips! I found budget vacation rentals in the Caribbean that I never dreamed existed. Internet forums also helped - you ask for travel suggestions on Lonely Planet's forums and within minutes start to see replies. That didn't stop me from buying a few Lonely Planet books - without them, I wouldn't have known where to start. Backpackers and travelers never had it so good!

January 4, 2010 - The clock struck midnight and a new decade is upon us. In December 2009, I thought a lot about new years 1999. So many complex things happened to our world in the past decade that it will take a few more decades before we're able to properly analyse it. I'll let others do that.

I got into health, exercise and opened my mind to music in the past 10 years. I play tennis, workout, and walk a lot. I enjoy doing these things and when my body is tired, I take a few days off. My new years resolution in 2000 was to start drinking mineral water (I was only drinking Coca Cola and sugary juices) and eat better. I passed that test. I get sick thinking of my eating habits 10 years ago! Sure, I still love junk food - but its a few times a month at the most. Fruits, veggies and all things in moderation. I had no idea about this stuff 10 years ago and gradually learned.

Some people invest in the stock market and all sorts of things - everything but themselves. I learned how to invest in myself. We all have our own unique lifestyle that is good for us. Some of it is obvious ("don't eat cruise style breakfasts every morning!") and some of it is personal.

Speaking of personal, that's something that went out the door this past decade. The 2000's were the Reality Decade, the Voyeur Decade. It seems many of us have a sick hobby of watching others lives. There's so much out there that many can't discern between reality shows and reality. I change the channel - or turn off the tv - when it goes to Tiger Woods and his personal life.

I love music. I listen to all kinds - from classic rock to swing to world music. I'm not into the personal lives of the musicians I like. There is often a disconnect between the artist and their personal lives. If I judge Stan Getz, Pete Townshend and Carlos Jobim based on every good and bad thing they did in their personal lives, I would never enjoy their beautiful music.

Here's a quote from Timothy Leary that has never been more relevant - "George Orwell had it wrong. He wrote in 1984 that Big Brother would watch us from screens. The current horror is that Americans voluntarily stick their faces toward the screen!"

My new years resolution? To keep being who I am and ignore the crazy pop culture around me. Happy New Year!